Improvement in clasps for holding garments



I. WORMS*& I. COHN.

CLASPS' FOR HOLDING GARMEN' TS. No. 173,748- v Patented Feb.22,1876.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH'VVORMS AND ISRAEL GOHN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. |MPRO VEMENT INICLA SPS FOR HOLDING GARMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,748, dated February22, 1876 application filed December 16, 1875.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JOSEPH WORMS and ISRAEL GQHN, of N ew York city, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Goatand Dress'H-anger, Attachment, of which the following is aspecification:

This invention has for its object to produce a means for readilyattaching the hangers or other straps or devices to coats or otherarticles of wearing apparel.

Coat-hangers are now usually sewed with great care to the collars, asotherwise they are very liable to be torn off, the sewing processfrequently occupying as much as ten minutes in a single case. By ourinvention the hanger can he instantaneously and yet securely at-'tached, and does not even require to be bound .at the ends.

Our invention consists of a combined clasp and prongs for clasping-theend of the hanger and securing the same to the collar.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a face view of acoat-hanger attached to a collar by two of our improved devices. Fig.2isa perspective view of one end of the hanger so fastened. Fig. 3 is abottom or inverted plan view of our improved clasp, showing it before itis connected to the hanger and collar. Fig. 4 is a similar view thereof,showing it partly attached to the hanger. Fig. 5 is a similar viewthereof, showing it completely secured to the hanger. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section of the claspattached to the hanger. Fig. 7 is aninverted face view of the clasp, showing a modification in theconstruction of same. Fig. 8 is an end view of the clasp shown in Fig.7, but detached from the hanger.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

The letter A represents our improved combined clasp and prongs. It iscomposed of a sheet-metal plate, a, and of a pair of springwire prongs,b b. The plate a, which is shown in Fig. 3, is provided with a series ofprojecting points, 0 c, a pair of ears, d d, and one or more lugs, c,the latter formed by incisions into the body of the plate a. The

prongs b b are best made in one piece of wire,

as shown in Fig. 3, their pointed ends ap-,

proaching each other from opposite sides and overlapping one another, sothat the wire forms a nearly-closed loop. This wire loop is laid againstthe under side of the plate a, directly behind the lugs e, and thelatter are then bent backward over the inner part of the wire loop, asclearly shown in Fig. 3. Thus the wire loop is attached to the plate a.The points a c are next introduced through the end of the hanger B, andbent downward and toward the wire loop'b, and finally the cars 01 dare'bent downward and folded against the under side, all as clearlyindicated in Figs. 4 and 5. The ears d 01 will come under the bentpoints 0 and lugs e, and prevent the same from unbending, thus insuringthe proper attachment of the wire loop I) to the platen, and that of theentire clasp to the hanger B. The hanger, after its ends are providedeach with a clasp, A, is attached to the collar by simply spreading thetwo spring-prongs at each end apart, and introducing them through thefabric of the collar, as indicated in Fig. 2. The plate a may have adovetail or other shaped locking projection, f, formed on it, asindicated in Figs. 7 and 8, to lock between the wire arms of the prongsb b, and prevent the same from further vibrating on the plate a. It isevident that the form of the plate a may be varied, and that the pointsI) b may be attached thereto by separate fastenings; but theconstruction herein shown and described we deem preferable.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination of the plate a, which hasthe fastening-point c, with the prongs b, to constitute a clasp forsecuring coat-hangers, substantially as specified.

2. The blank a, made with the points 0 c, ears d. and with the lug orlugs e for receiving the prongs, substantially as specified.

The foregoing description of our invention signed by us this 15th day ofDecember, 1875.

J. WORMS.

I. (JOHN.

Witnesses: I

ERNEST O. WEBB, A. MORAGA.

